Today is my birthday, commemorating sixty-nine years of circling the sun. I thought it would be fun to look back at the way things were when I was born, and what happened that year. Ten events from 1954:
- Senator Joseph McCarthy is censured, bringing an end to his witch hunt of Communists
- The First Indo-China War Ends
- The Supreme Court rules on Brown v. Board of Education, stating that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
- Ellis Island in New York closes as a point of Immigration
- President Eisenhower signs into law the new social security bill funded by employers and employees
- US “Operation Wetback” is started on 17th July to send back to Mexico almost 4 million illegal immigrants
- Hydrogen bomb test conducted on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
- The words “under God” are added to the United States Pledge of Allegiance
- First sub 4-minute mile run on May 6th by Roger Bannister
- Swanson introduces TV Dinners
Cost of Living 1954 – How Much things cost
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 0.32%
Yearly Inflation Rate UK 1.9%
Average Cost of new house $10.250.00
Average wages per year – $4,100.00
Average Cost of a new car – $1,700.00
Average Cost of Rent $85.00 per month
Movie Ticket – 70 cents
Life Magazine – 20 cents
The Dow Jones recovers back to pre Wall Street Crash highs of 381.17
Cost of a gallon of Gas 21 cents
Average House Price UK – 1,970 –
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